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chuck hagel gets cyberwarfare. he understands that a foreign country like china can shut down our weapons, can shut down our electrical grid, can shut down our water grid. and he knows that that is the battlefield of the future. and that's where we've got to spend our money. >> but there will be a fight, obviously, in part, because hagel makes a lot of republican hawks shudder with some of his comments. what do you think is at the heart of the opposition? it most political, roger, or philosophical? >> it's a little of both. there are hawks, in the senate, clearly. there are people who are upset with hagel because he doesn't even know he is a decorated vietnam vet and would be the first enlisted man ever to become secretary of defense. they don't think he's hawkish enough. some are upset about his past statements about israel. some are upset about this past statements about gays in the military, for which he has apologized. and you know, i think this controversy over cabinet appointments is good. because america lea
chuck hagel gets cyberwarfare. he understands that a foreign country like china can shut down our weapons, can shut down our electrical grid, can shut down our water grid. and he knows that that is the battlefield of the future. and that's where we've got to spend our money. >> but there will be a fight, obviously, in part, because hagel makes a lot of republican hawks shudder with some of his comments. what do you think is at the heart of the opposition? it most political, roger, or...
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>> i'm glad to hear hagel's name pops up. in fact, all culture, but particularly military culture, is a function of the chain of command. culture, just like language, comes from the top down. up until now, there hasn't been any emphasis on this at all, which is one of the reasons why we have the situation we have today. whether it's because they haven't taken it seriously or they thought it was a problem that would go away, whether they thought a little bit of action at the lowest possible levels might change it, that's all immaterial. it's clear that command emphasis changes things. what's really astonishing is we have not heard anything from secretary hagel. we need to hear something from secretary hagel now because the risk of his not weighing in on this subject and weighing in loudly will result in a change, a complete change in the chain of command such that assaults, but particularly sexual assault, will be removed from the uniform code of military justice within the per view of the commander. i think that's a bad idea.
>> i'm glad to hear hagel's name pops up. in fact, all culture, but particularly military culture, is a function of the chain of command. culture, just like language, comes from the top down. up until now, there hasn't been any emphasis on this at all, which is one of the reasons why we have the situation we have today. whether it's because they haven't taken it seriously or they thought it was a problem that would go away, whether they thought a little bit of action at the lowest...
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chuck hagel will be confirmed. he has the relations in the senate. i think the support from chuck schumer is -- was key. but i think at the same time, it's fair to raise questions about the comments he's made about israel, about his oppositions to sanctions towards iran, his comments about negotiating with hamas. those are very valid questions that republicans need to ask. >> also, the president still needs to pick his chief of staff. critically important position, as you both know. here's a couple of the main candidates. deputy national security advisor dennis mcdonough and former biden chief of staff, ron clain, said to be the top two. what do you think the president's choice will eventually say about i guess his management style, but also how he intends to sort of negotiate this second term? there have been a bunch of articles today suggesting it's very tough to do as well in a second term as you do in a first term. >> well, it is, but that can change with the context of the time, the environment the president and the congress is presented with, a
chuck hagel will be confirmed. he has the relations in the senate. i think the support from chuck schumer is -- was key. but i think at the same time, it's fair to raise questions about the comments he's made about israel, about his oppositions to sanctions towards iran, his comments about negotiating with hamas. those are very valid questions that republicans need to ask. >> also, the president still needs to pick his chief of staff. critically important position, as you both know....
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in the hagel case, look, it is important the question on policy and i know senator hagel was questioned on israel, on iran. i think that's legitimate, but some senators went as far as getting personal and not just personal but unsubstantiated charges on the floor of the senate in hearings. that's never happened. i think that's a function of a tea party that is still a major player within the republican party circles and i don't think the republican's strategy is to stop them. so that's unfortunate, and that's going to mean more problems for further cabinet nominees that the president still hasn't sent up and just this idea that bipartisanship is going to be hurt dramatically is probably going to continue, and that's terrible for the country. >> former governor bill richardson, great to talk to you always. thanks so much. >> thank you. thank you, chris. >> in the meantime venezuela's president returned home early today after more than two months of cancer treatment in cuba. nbc news has learned more details about his health and that they're expected to be released later today and then la
in the hagel case, look, it is important the question on policy and i know senator hagel was questioned on israel, on iran. i think that's legitimate, but some senators went as far as getting personal and not just personal but unsubstantiated charges on the floor of the senate in hearings. that's never happened. i think that's a function of a tea party that is still a major player within the republican party circles and i don't think the republican's strategy is to stop them. so that's...
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coming up our agenda next hour, the hold on chuck hagel. senator harry reid blasting republicans. we're going to ask republican senator john barrasso what republicans hope to gain from this. >>> and the nra fire brand touching off another fire storm with an op-ed tinged with racially insensitive language. >>> plus, the superstar athlete that everyone called the blade runner at the olympics taken into custody after his girlfriend was found dead in his home. the olympian appearing in court. we're going to bring you the very latest coming up. ♪ they hatin' ♪ patrolling they tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to -- [ woman ] hi there. why do we always have to take your mom's car? [ male announcer ] the security of an iihs top safety pick, the 2013 volkswagen tiguan. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease a 2013 tiguan for $219 a month. ♪ [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing
coming up our agenda next hour, the hold on chuck hagel. senator harry reid blasting republicans. we're going to ask republican senator john barrasso what republicans hope to gain from this. >>> and the nra fire brand touching off another fire storm with an op-ed tinged with racially insensitive language. >>> plus, the superstar athlete that everyone called the blade runner at the olympics taken into custody after his girlfriend was found dead in his home. the olympian...
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look, i think what we know is that hagel will be confirmed. i think what we all know there are a lot of republican senators that is probably not their choice for secretary of defense but that's not their choosing. it's the president's choosing. i think there's enough republican senators that give, think the president should have leeway when it comes to choosing his own cabinet. i think they used this opportunity to talk about some issues that were important to them and then certainly senator hagel did not help himself in his own hearing and then some of these guys tried to capitalize on that. he's going to be confirmed next week. >> it is not their job to be obstructionist. it's their job to be checks and balances. >> it's a republican president we've seen democratic senators do this ime and time again. >> you have never seen the amount of fill busters the republicans have pulled off in the history of the united states senate. it is obstructive. >> democrats are doing the same thing. they're saying these are issues that are important. these ar
look, i think what we know is that hagel will be confirmed. i think what we all know there are a lot of republican senators that is probably not their choice for secretary of defense but that's not their choosing. it's the president's choosing. i think there's enough republican senators that give, think the president should have leeway when it comes to choosing his own cabinet. i think they used this opportunity to talk about some issues that were important to them and then certainly senator...
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secretary of defense chuck hagel. >> i think their very provocative actions and belligerent tone has ratcheted up the danger. and we have to understand that reality. >> it could be months before some residents have full access to their homes after wednesday's landslide on whidbey island in washington state. officials say the ground is still unstable. natural resources officials say the land might even have started moving back in 2002. one home and a two-lane road were taken out. at least five other homes are said to be in immediate danger. >> a terrifyingly close call for a philadelphia sub rider. watch what happens when the 63-year-old walks off the platform and on to the tracks. a bystander jumped down to rescue him, risking his on life. he was taken to the hospital for treatment. >> an american astronaut and two russian cosmonauts are now on board the international space station less than six hour after blasting off from kazakhstan. it's the first time the express route was used to fly a crew to the space station. it normally takes about two days. >> the markets are closed this go
secretary of defense chuck hagel. >> i think their very provocative actions and belligerent tone has ratcheted up the danger. and we have to understand that reality. >> it could be months before some residents have full access to their homes after wednesday's landslide on whidbey island in washington state. officials say the ground is still unstable. natural resources officials say the land might even have started moving back in 2002. one home and a two-lane road were taken out. at...
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we are expecting the final debate to start on chuck hagel's nomination for defense secretary any moment. it's been a is seven-week long battle but mainly it's been held up over politics. this first vote that will come this morning is procedural. if that moves forward, a second vote to confirm him would happen this afternoon. >>> check out the headline from "the huffington post," immigration and customs enforcement frees detainees as sequester looms. they were let out as the budget cuts loom. the president is heading to newport news, virginia, to a navy shipyard. today the impact there could be significant. late word this morning that the president will bring a local republican congressman, scott rigell, with him. obama is not seen in newport news as any sort of safe you're but rather as the leader of dysfunctional government that is playing havoc with people's lives and people are bitter. >> this is not time for a road show president. this is a time to look for someone who will leave. >> the president really ought to stop come paining and come back to the take and work with us. >> and w
we are expecting the final debate to start on chuck hagel's nomination for defense secretary any moment. it's been a is seven-week long battle but mainly it's been held up over politics. this first vote that will come this morning is procedural. if that moves forward, a second vote to confirm him would happen this afternoon. >>> check out the headline from "the huffington post," immigration and customs enforcement frees detainees as sequester looms. they were let out as the...
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that's encouraging if you're chuck hagel in the white house. but i would argue that the most critical meeting chuck hagel will have in the coming days is chuck schumer. he has to be able to answer the questions of the new york senator because he can bring along as many as ten democrats. i was counting last week his statement was coming out after the nomination was announced. notably, the junior senator from new york who takes a lot of cues from chuck schumer. several other senators who are beholden to schumer for helping them get elected in 2006-2008. if the most prominent jewish senator on the democratic side of is there, it could be very difficult for him to get an easy confirmation vote. >> ed o'keefe, michael, thank you. >> thank you. >>> just a reminder, we will have the press conference live here on msnbc that is coming up in about an hour, 11:15. >>> big night for the golden glo glob glob globes for politics. dab el day-lewis won best actor for "lincoln," jessica best actress for "zero dark thirty" and "game change" won three, including
that's encouraging if you're chuck hagel in the white house. but i would argue that the most critical meeting chuck hagel will have in the coming days is chuck schumer. he has to be able to answer the questions of the new york senator because he can bring along as many as ten democrats. i was counting last week his statement was coming out after the nomination was announced. notably, the junior senator from new york who takes a lot of cues from chuck schumer. several other senators who are...
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general franklin who overturned a legal case, a juried verdict, now second hagretary hagel says won't be doing that anymore. i heard about an awful brochure who said to women on the base walk straight ahead, look straight ahead, look out for men who look weird, you may have to roll under the car and yell real loud. and if that doesn't work, submit. >> do you think there is enough momentum right now we will see a change in the 113th? >> what i'm hoping is is that we're seeings change by more people reporting it, but what we've already done is make sure that there is someone they can talk with in every brigade, that they have an advocate. they didn't have any of this before. what most women who reported in the early 90s got from their commanding officer was you don't want to ruin that young man's career, do you? but what bothered me most about the testimony before the senate this past week was the fact that they said that women who were sexually assaulted in the military, a certain percentage of them had had sexual assaults in their civilian life. that's blame the victim again. that is
general franklin who overturned a legal case, a juried verdict, now second hagretary hagel says won't be doing that anymore. i heard about an awful brochure who said to women on the base walk straight ahead, look straight ahead, look out for men who look weird, you may have to roll under the car and yell real loud. and if that doesn't work, submit. >> do you think there is enough momentum right now we will see a change in the 113th? >> what i'm hoping is is that we're seeings change...
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chuck hagel says washington is taking the threat seriously. >> they have ratcheted up their dangerous rhetoric. some of the actions they have taken the last few weeks present a real and clear danger and threat to the interests certainly of our allies. >> joining me now, former u.s. ambassador to morocco and middle east adviser, mark ginsburg. good to see you. >> a dangerous amateur hour in pyongyang. how dangerous do you assess this to be? >> it's very dangerous. in all the confrontations that occurred with the kim dynasty in north korea, i don't believe we have ever seen this coming out of north korea on the verge of an effect of provoking a confrontation with south korea and the united states. as i wrote in the article, i was in china the last two weeks. they reached a point where they, themselves are distancing themselves from north korea. i take this seriously. i think the biggest danger here, chris, is that kim jong un backed himself into a dangerous corner. >> let's get more insight into this. like his father kim jong-il and his grandfather, a regime under stress and duress is t
chuck hagel says washington is taking the threat seriously. >> they have ratcheted up their dangerous rhetoric. some of the actions they have taken the last few weeks present a real and clear danger and threat to the interests certainly of our allies. >> joining me now, former u.s. ambassador to morocco and middle east adviser, mark ginsburg. good to see you. >> a dangerous amateur hour in pyongyang. how dangerous do you assess this to be? >> it's very dangerous. in all...
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in the senate they are expected to finally clear the way for confirmation vote to chuck hagel who will inherit this budget mess. janet napolitano, you see her on the right there, also speaking live at the brookings institution. and then just moments ago, we heard from a fired-up john boehner who blames the stalemate on the president and the senate. >> we have moved a bill in the house twice. we should not have a move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do something. >> i'm joined by military analyst jack jacobs. good to see you. >> good morning. >> if lawmakers can't make this march 1st deadline, $43 billion or 8% will be slushed from the pentagon budget. they have used words like devastating, dire. are they right? how significant would this be? >> very serious indeed. these are across the board cuts. i mean, there's no intelligence or intelligent decisions made on what is going to be cut. so in addition to fact -- and there's plenty of fact -- you are going to cut ammunition, fuel, repair parts for aircraft, training time. >> let's look at other things. 800
in the senate they are expected to finally clear the way for confirmation vote to chuck hagel who will inherit this budget mess. janet napolitano, you see her on the right there, also speaking live at the brookings institution. and then just moments ago, we heard from a fired-up john boehner who blames the stalemate on the president and the senate. >> we have moved a bill in the house twice. we should not have a move a third bill before the senate gets off their ass and begins to do...
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still, hagel will probably be confirmed. yesterday, senator john mccain said he will not support a filibuster of his former senate colleague and democrats appear to have at least 57 votes to confirm hagel, including two republicans. first kid you ready? [ female announcer ] second kid by their second kid, every mom is an expert and more likely to choose luvs. after thousands of diaper changes, they know what works. luvs lock away wetness better than huggies for a fraction of the cost live, learn, & get luvs. for a fraction of the cost when you lost the thing you can't believe you lost.. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expec is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. >>> the politics now, where hillary clinton launched a new website, hillaryclintonoffice.com. pretty bare bones. just a picture and a place to click if you want to contact he
still, hagel will probably be confirmed. yesterday, senator john mccain said he will not support a filibuster of his former senate colleague and democrats appear to have at least 57 votes to confirm hagel, including two republicans. first kid you ready? [ female announcer ] second kid by their second kid, every mom is an expert and more likely to choose luvs. after thousands of diaper changes, they know what works. luvs lock away wetness better than huggies for a fraction of the cost live,...
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in a party line vote, the senate arm armed services committee voted 14-11 to send hagel's nomination to the full senate. his nomination hearing highlighted his past statements on iran and israel, but with a democratic majority in the senate, he should be confirmed. >>> marco rubio needed a quick drink during the rebuttal of the state of the union grasping for a bottle of water off camera. twitter absolutely lit up. rubio had fun with it. he tweeted this picture, #gopresponse. at one point sarah palin wrote, obama there's much progress to report. oh really? let's see what the facts show, #sotugottobekiddingme. >>> and kmeeti icompeting, the ends in a gunfight and a cabin fire. those details coming up next. and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or afte
in a party line vote, the senate arm armed services committee voted 14-11 to send hagel's nomination to the full senate. his nomination hearing highlighted his past statements on iran and israel, but with a democratic majority in the senate, he should be confirmed. >>> marco rubio needed a quick drink during the rebuttal of the state of the union grasping for a bottle of water off camera. twitter absolutely lit up. rubio had fun with it. he tweeted this picture, #gopresponse. at one...
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. >> chris, chuck hagel reaching out to britain and france about syria. we know the president and secretary of state john kerry calling for european allies and when you consider putin blocking any action here, who does the white house need to get on board and what would they do? >> i think what the white house is doing, you've seen this the last couple of days they are taking steps toward some kind of strike in syria. after saturday's meeting where the president convened his top national security advisers on sunday. on sunday, an official put out a statement it's pretty clear that weapons, chemical weapons have been used in syria. and what we are looking at is that red line. the president really has bumped up against it and he has made the case that if chemical weapons were used in syria, he would take action. i think what we are looking here, richard, is some kind of missile strikes. we have seen the navy be repositioned in the middle east. some of the carriers that were going home have stayed and not come back to the united states so that they are ready
. >> chris, chuck hagel reaching out to britain and france about syria. we know the president and secretary of state john kerry calling for european allies and when you consider putin blocking any action here, who does the white house need to get on board and what would they do? >> i think what the white house is doing, you've seen this the last couple of days they are taking steps toward some kind of strike in syria. after saturday's meeting where the president convened his top...
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secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel are scheduled to have meetings this week as well with russian oh fficials. if the countries have a prayer of getting back on track the lines of communication need to remain open. >> thank you both. i will bring you back in, congressman. is there anything else you think the president should do? you are not for a boycott of the olympics r. you for him going to the g-20? >> i think he made the right decision. we had to send a message to russia. but the dialogue staying open is important. there are too many things when you look at the big picture. afghanistan, global terrorism, the economy. there is too much comal ti there. comal ti there. we have much more in common than we don't. a lot of oh this is from the cold war. there is perceptions, stigmas we need to get past. the only way is with open dialogue. once we get past -- i hope president putin reverses his condition with the snowden issue. >> thank you. >>> the pictures out of california this morning are devastating. a raging wildfire burning out of control. it's called the
secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel are scheduled to have meetings this week as well with russian oh fficials. if the countries have a prayer of getting back on track the lines of communication need to remain open. >> thank you both. i will bring you back in, congressman. is there anything else you think the president should do? you are not for a boycott of the olympics r. you for him going to the g-20? >> i think he made the right decision. we had to...
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chuck hagel the defense secretary recently went to a regularly scheduled meeting in singapore and got an earful from the chinese about the so-called u.s. pivot to asia which is countering chinese influence, and we have stories railing in washington about scyber securit, and the surveillance state which is a big issue between the u.s. and china as well, and the point is that underlying what is going to be, you know, a nice photogenic summit in california are a lot of tensions that are still disturbing the u.s./china relationship, and they are far from being resolved. >> and as you know, three lawmakers are introducing a bill punishing hackers backed by china. %-pthat >> i have always been disappointed how irresponsibly china and its government has acted and the way they do not respect property rights, and they don't respect intellectual property, and until china begins to behave properly, i don't think that they really can lay claim to being a world power, world status. >> this is the backup that we believe for it to have teeth. candidly, we believe they will come out with good discuss
chuck hagel the defense secretary recently went to a regularly scheduled meeting in singapore and got an earful from the chinese about the so-called u.s. pivot to asia which is countering chinese influence, and we have stories railing in washington about scyber securit, and the surveillance state which is a big issue between the u.s. and china as well, and the point is that underlying what is going to be, you know, a nice photogenic summit in california are a lot of tensions that are still...
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. >>> there's a key meeting between chuck hagel and the prime minister of pakistan. that relationship has been strained a bit by the issue of u.s. drone strikes in pakistan. the issue is likely to come up in talks today. last week the u.s. suspended shipments of nato cargo leaving afghanistan via pakistan because of protests from anti-drone activists. >>> so typical airline complaints, delayed flights, lost luggage, but locking a sleeping passenger inside an empty plane? that's what tom wagner says happened to him on a united express flight to houston on friday. he woke up and the plane was empty. so he calls his girlfriend and then she had to call the airline to rescue him. >> they said, well, where's your badge? i said, dude, i don't work here, i'm a passenger on this airplane. and he says hold on, hold on. and he didn't believe it. i just don't know how it happened, i really don't. i mean passengers got off. you'd think somebody would have rubbed me or pushed me and said hey, we're here. >> wagner says united offered him a $250 voucher and a hotel room in houston
. >>> there's a key meeting between chuck hagel and the prime minister of pakistan. that relationship has been strained a bit by the issue of u.s. drone strikes in pakistan. the issue is likely to come up in talks today. last week the u.s. suspended shipments of nato cargo leaving afghanistan via pakistan because of protests from anti-drone activists. >>> so typical airline complaints, delayed flights, lost luggage, but locking a sleeping passenger inside an empty plane?...
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secretaries lew, hagel, napolitano, and acting omb director are all testifying but they have some convincing to do. the president's spending plan is drawing fire from both sides of the aisle. the president argues the proposed cuts to social security and medicare and raising taxes will cut the deficit. >> when it comes to deficit reduction, i have already met republicans more than halfway, so in the coming days and weeks i hope that republicans will come forward and demonstrate that they're really as serious about the deficits and debt as they claim to be. >> how do you see this as meeting us halfway? we cut $5 trillion in spending. he raises $1 trillion in spending and raises $1.1 trillion in taxes. >> if you want to defend the middle class, you don't cut social security and you don't cut medicare and you don't cut benefits for disabled vets. >> let's bring in cnbc contributor ron insana and university of maryland business professor peter marisi. can we start with the bone of con tense, changes of social security. the house and senate have no specific plan to address it, but the president's
secretaries lew, hagel, napolitano, and acting omb director are all testifying but they have some convincing to do. the president's spending plan is drawing fire from both sides of the aisle. the president argues the proposed cuts to social security and medicare and raising taxes will cut the deficit. >> when it comes to deficit reduction, i have already met republicans more than halfway, so in the coming days and weeks i hope that republicans will come forward and demonstrate that...
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there are still meetings scheduled for friday between secretary of state john kerry and chuck hagel with their russian counterparts. how far can the u.s. go, i guess, given, for example, that the white house will still need some level of russian cooperation on syria ousting president assad? is this a moderate response? >> it is a totally moderate response and what you can see in that statement is that edward snowden was an afterthought when he in fact, drove the response. the president had to do something. he was backed into a corner. they gave refuge to someone who we consider a spy. so they had to take action, but make no mistake. business is going to go on. discussions are going to happen and counterparts are going to talk. but, right now, they have a very high profile situation that they are trying to contain and not have dominate the news any more, which is edward snowden. >> i want to bring in senator jeff merkley, a democrat from oregon. good morning. >> good morning. >> let me get your reaction to the president's decision. do you agree with it and did it go far enough? >> i think
there are still meetings scheduled for friday between secretary of state john kerry and chuck hagel with their russian counterparts. how far can the u.s. go, i guess, given, for example, that the white house will still need some level of russian cooperation on syria ousting president assad? is this a moderate response? >> it is a totally moderate response and what you can see in that statement is that edward snowden was an afterthought when he in fact, drove the response. the president...